Not IP but interesting. A Michigan Republican allegedly says to a newspaper that Republicans will challenge voters based on foreclosure lists. The paper prints it, the Republican demands a retraction, the paper refuses, the Obama campaign brings a suit requesting an injunction against a ‘lose your house, lose your vote campaign.’ Ripeness issues?
43(B)log: “Copyright and California’s Anti-SLAPP Law“:
Duncan sued defendants, including the Sierra Club, based on Thomas Cohen and Kristi Cohen’s attempts to make a film of Duncan’s book The River Why. He alleged copyright infringement and various state-law claims.
The court first rejected the argument that California’s anti-SLAPP statute applied to federal claims.
Designboom: “‘Liquidated Logos by Zev“:
“zevs is a young french artist who lives and works in paris. he doesn’t typically display his work in galleries, preferring instead to use the urban environment as the canvas for his street art. he has pioneered his own style of french street art that blurs the
WSJ.COM: “Hell Hath No Fury Like a Dissatisfied Hogan & Hartson Client“:
Have you recently been represented by the law firm of Hogan & Hartson?
Were you expecting that your case would have the representation of a senior partner, but you found that your representation was handled by a less experienced junior member
Freecycle Network v. Oey – Defendant stated that Freecycle Network’s FREECYCLE mark was generic. District Court issues an injunction that such claims were a violation of the Lanham Act without doing much of an analysis of any particular provision of the Lanham Act. People like me participated as amici pointing out various problems with the
Balkinization: Golan v. Gonzales — How The First Amendment Limits Copyright Law
The Tenth Circuit has handed down a very important copyright case, Golan v. Gonzales, which holds that section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act– which implements the Berne Convention on copyrights– may violate the First Amendment because it takes some materials out
We have reported previously on what I would refer to as the mess regarding the use of politician’s names in domain names. A bad actor can benefit by aprropriating a politician’s name, either by diverting traffic through initial interest confusion, or by simply foreclosing the targeted politician from obtaining desirable names. However a politician tends
Volokh: “The First Amendment and Cockfight Videos”
Balkinization on the BongHits 4 Jesus decision:
“Roberts’ opinion creates a new rule allowing schools to ban student advocacy of illegal drug use– but this rule would apparently not extend to student advocacy of changing the drug laws. (Which raises the obvious question: How can we tell whether “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” is advocacy
James Goodale’s show: Digital Age.